Kids' Jack and Jill Bathroom Renovation | $100 Room Challenge | Week 5

What can you do for just $100 in a bathroom renovation? Well, our kids’ Jack and Jill bathroom is done, so let me show you! I’m so happy with how it turned out!

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This project was done for the Lemons, Lavender, and Laundry $100 Room Challenge. Make sure to check out the other projects from this challenge that are linked at the end. Let me refresh your memory about this space. Click here to see what this space looked like before; with its hunting scene wallpaper, 30-something year old linoleum, and broken shower doors.

This seemed like an easy little face lift when we started, but as always it got a little complicated. The wallpaper took way longer to remove than we thought. Good thing I wasn't paying anyone to do that! The walls needed a lot more drywall patching than we thought. The kids got sick. We had our annual gigantic Super Bowl party. Then I got sick. But now we are done with this "easy little face lift!"

The biggest changes to me are the walls and the floor, but let me just show you it all. Here is what we did, all for $100:

1. Remove the wallpaper and paint the walls

Getting rid of the wallpaper was by far the biggest part of this project. You can read about that process here and here. The new white and navy paint make the walls so crisp and fresh. In the planning stages, I considered painting the vanity navy. I'm really happy with the decision to not paint it, but instead to paint the lower part of the walls navy. This house is all about wood, and I feel like this room needed to keep that original wood.

The white paint we used was left over from a previous project and thankfully just enough. It is Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace, which is in every room in our house. The blue is Valspar Indigo. It was the exact same navy as in the shower curtain.

2. Add chair rail

We also added wood as a chair rail to continue the bottom piece of trim on the top of the existing half wall. This is where always keeping our wood scraps comes in handy. Mike ripped down a piece of a 12" wide board on the table saw to make all of the 2" wide chair rail. I stained it with the stain we have for the whole house.

3. Replace the flooring

For the budget, easy installation, and durability for a kids' bathroom, we decided to use groutable peel and stick luxury vinyl tile. The new floor feels so clean. I wasn’t sure what was beneath that old linoleum before. After we tore it out and inspected the subfloor, I know what is under the new floor, and I know it is stable and healthy for my kids. We used 12-in x 24-in Groutable Symphony Gray Peel and Stick Luxury Vinyl Tile from Lowes. I love the variety in the pieces. There's a specific grout to use with it. This is the brand we used, but in gray so it blended in with the tile. We also used this multipurpose primer on the subfloor before we laid the tiles.

4. Remove the glass shower doors

Replacing the shower unit was definitely not in the budget for this project, so we just had to disguise it. We took down the glass doors and metal framing. Instead of the glass doors, I used this navy and white gingham shower curtain. It was in a different bathroom in the house, but really didn't work in there. Since our daughter and three sons are using this bathroom, I liked this choice for a fabric in a kids' bathroom.

Click here to see 15 Cute Navy Blue Shower Curtains for Kids' Bathrooms

that I found while I was shopping for this one!

5. Frame the mirror

We used 3" wood to make a simple frame for the mirror. We used butted joints so it matches the rest of the trim in the house. It is also a lot easier than a mitered corner. To install it, Mike used a bead of Liquid Nails down the back of each piece of wood, but also a bead of hot glue. Then he quickly installed it on the mirror, starting with the bottom piece and holing it in place for a few seconds to let the hot glue set up. Then the sides and top went on. The hot glue held it in place immediately while the Liquid Nails set.

6. Add Decor

I saved a ton of money by using only decorative items I already had on hand! I like to pick up small things that speak to me when I find them for a good deal. I have a box of artwork that I've gathered over the years, and I looked there first for art for this bathroom.

I found this cute blue bird print on canvas that I bought at a yard sale a few years ago. The blue was just right for this room.

In the space over the toilet I used this painting of a fish that I picked up at a local thrift shop several months ago. My littlest boy absolutely loves all things fish and fishing, so I thought he would like it. I recognized it as a flounder, which is our favorite fish to catch and eat, but I didn't recognize how special this piece of art was.

I texted a picture of it to a friend who also loves to bargain hunt, and she recognized it as Gyotaku, the traditional Japanese form of printing used by fisherman to record their fish catches. It would be used to memorialize first fish catches or momentous catches. In way too simple of a description, the fish was painted and then paper gently pressed over it to make an impression. So I think it's pretty cool that we have art made from someone's special fish, which also happens to be a special fish to us.

The carved wooden dolphins and driftwood turtle were in the bathroom before, so I reused them.

I went through our bins of leftover hardware and found some simple little single prong hooks like this to use for the hand towels on either side of the sink.

So where did we spend our $100 budget for this kids' Jack and Jill bathroom renovation?

Here's the breakdown of the materials we used:

Benjamin Moore Chantilly Lace - free (already had it)

Valspar Indigo Quart -$11.48

wood for chair rail - free (used scraps)

stain- free (already had it)

TEC multipurpose primer - $12.97

Luxury vinyl tile - 50 sq ft @$1.19 sq ft - $57.12

TEC grout - $11.48

Shower curtain - free (already had it)

White caulk - $5.92

Wood for frame - free (used scraps)

Decor- free (reused what we had)


Total: $98.97


I realize not everyone has a pile of scrap lumber they can use for projects. We are fortunate that we do. But because we didn't use a lot of wood on this project, it probably would only add about $25 for the wood to do what we did.

So there you go! This is our Kids' Jack and Jill Bathroom Renovation for $100! Thanks for stopping by to check it out!

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